| 单词 | foundling |
| 释义 | foundling From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishChildrenfoundlingfound‧ling /ˈfaʊndlɪŋ/ noun [countable] old useSSCa baby who has been left by its parents, and is found and looked after by other peopleExamples from the Corpusfoundling• Maria della Scala in Siena as a foundling.• They provided hospices for the sick or for raising the innumerable foundlings.• Of about half a million foundlings christened in workhouses after 1728, only 40 percent survived to their second birthday.• Miriam and Amina were not foundlings.• Our foundling is fast becoming a woman. |
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